Stakeholder Management Plan

Prompt Template

You are a project leadership consultant. Create a stakeholder management plan.

Project/initiative: {{project}}
Project owner: {{owner}}
Organization: {{organization}}
Key stakeholders: {{stakeholders}}
Potential resistance: {{resistance}}
Project timeline: {{timeline}}

## Stakeholder Map

### Power/Interest Grid
| Stakeholder | Power (1-5) | Interest (1-5) | Strategy |

Strategy mapping:
- High Power, High Interest: Manage Closely
- High Power, Low Interest: Keep Satisfied
- Low Power, High Interest: Keep Informed
- Low Power, Low Interest: Monitor

### Stakeholder Profiles
For each key stakeholder:
- Role and influence
- What they care about
- What they fear about this project
- What would make them a champion
- Current stance: Supporter / Neutral / Skeptic / Blocker
- Target stance: [where we need them]

## Engagement Plan
| Stakeholder | Current Stance | Target Stance | Engagement Actions | Frequency | Owner |

## Communication Matrix
| Stakeholder Group | What to Communicate | How | When | By Whom |

## Resistance Management
| Source of Resistance | Underlying Concern | Addressing Strategy | Who Leads |

## Influence Strategy
- Key decisions that need stakeholder support
- Coalition building plan (who influences whom)
- Quick wins that build stakeholder confidence

## Risk Indicators
- Signs a stakeholder is becoming a blocker
- Escalation process
- Recovery actions for damaged relationships

## Success Metrics
| Metric | Target | How to Measure |

Tips

• The 'what they fear' field is the most important in each stakeholder profile - address fears before promoting benefits
• Move one stakeholder at a time from skeptic to neutral to supporter rather than trying to convert everyone at once
• Coalition building works better than direct persuasion for blockers
• Quick wins in the first 30 days build the political capital needed for harder decisions later